湖南长沙识字岭西汉墓(M3)发掘简报

The Excavation of a Tomb(M3) of the Western Han Dynasty at Shiziling in Changsha, Hunan

识字岭墓地位于湖南省长沙市雨花区人民中路识字岭路段，该区域两北为长沙古城，原为低矮丘陵地带，埋藏有大量墓葬（图一）。

In March and April 2013, Changsha ducted rescue excavation to some burials Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology con- from the Warring-States Period to the Tang and Song Dynas- ties at the Shiziling section of the Renmin Middle Road in Yuhua District, Changsha City, Hunan. Among these burials, M3 had a high status, which consisted of the passage and the tomb chamber, be- neath which the regularly built drainage ditches arranged in cross-shaped plan were found, and the lon- gitudinal one of them went through the entire structure. From the M3, grave goods made of pottery, bronze, iron, talc and glass were unearthed. The tomb structure and unearthed artifacts showed that the date of M3 was the late Western Han Dynasty, and the tomb occupant was a noble man with a higher position and rank.